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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Uncertain

Uncertain (uncertain)
a.(?)
Un*cer"tain
[Pref. un- + certain. Cf. Incertain.]
  1. Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.
    Chaucer.

    Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that he hopes for. Tillotson.

  2. Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze.

    O woman! in our hours of ease,
    Uncertain, coy, and hard to please!
    Sir W. Scott.

  3. Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical.
    "The fashion of uncertain evils." Milton.

    From certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden.

  4. Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.

    Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim. Dryden.

    Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone. Gay.

    Syn. -- See Precarious.


Uncertain

Uncertain (uncertain)
v. t.
Un*cer"tain
  1. To make uncertain.
    [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.













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